Interesting, I noticed what I suspected was a dazed HOFI from a window collision this evening. The bird was alive, and I was able to handle it and move it to a safe location in the yard, If I find a corpse tomorrow Nick, I'll contact you.
Peter Burke Boulder, CO On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Nick Komar <quetza...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Tom and Mary, > > Indeed West Nile virus is present this summer, and still killing birds. > There are other possible causes as well. Anyone with a dead bird in good > condition can contact me offline to discuss having it tested for West Nile > virus infection. If you are in or near a front range city between Denver > and Fort Collins, there is a good chance that I can arrange to get the > specimen from you. > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins CO > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Mary France <mkf1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Tom and Mary France live in SE Fort Collins and have just discovered > our 5th dead House Finch in our yard today - 3 males, 2 females, none > appeared to be juveniles. > > I wondered if this has occurred elsewhere and what might be causing it. > I did notice a couple acting ill - puffy feathers, not moving much. We've > never had this happen before. Could it be West Nile? Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tom and Mary France > > Fort Collins, CO > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/52200384.10102%40comcast.net. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/93810E3A-C865-4615-B712-F0BE1E4C16A7%40comcast.net > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-burke/5/788/a62 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACjv0GbQOHTpQjvb20O__xQK1CdmshJL41BKfpf3MWon0LkEqA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
